Well Gene, it's been three months since you received your shipment; do you mind if I ask how your experiments went? I'm very curious about Soma Foama.
Thanks
Duane
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Gene,
Well today I received a shipment of…
1.Soma Foma,
2.Dragon Skin FX Pro,
3.Psycho Paint,
4.Ease Release 200,
5.Ultra Cal 30.
Little nervous to start but very excited to experiment.
1.Soma Foma,
2.Dragon Skin FX Pro,
3.Psycho Paint,
4.Ease Release 200,
5.Ultra Cal 30.
Little nervous to start but very excited to experiment.
Monday, 02 August 2010 19:58
Yeah, working with silicone expanding foam I find to be a bit more complicated than urethane expanding foam. Silicone foam is a thicker liquid that rises sooner than urethane foam. (under a minute!) But discussing how to use the foam might be better as a discussion of it's own so, it may be better to start a different thread about that when you or anyone else is making an attempt to use it.
I've used it on three different puppets already and each time I used it a little differently due to the shape of the mold so, there's a lot to talk about. :)
I've used it on three different puppets already and each time I used it a little differently due to the shape of the mold so, there's a lot to talk about. :)
Monday, 19 July 2010 05:49
Gene,
If you clear coat your sculpture with kroylon clear or something like that, I would think that would help insure that it does not leave a residue that would affect the mold. To me, my biggest concern is the weight of the puppet. On the armature I had better build up the body to take up the bulk. Not sure if the expansion rate of the Soma Foama is going to be a challenge or not. Ether way its going to be quite an adventure experimenting.
Monday, 19 July 2010 05:22
Van Aken clay is sulphur free - I've made a puppet out of it and cast it no problem. It's a little soft for my liking for sculpting a puppet, but no worries as far as silicone goes.
Supposedly if you've used a sulphur based clay you can burn out the sulphur in the oven then seal it but that's a last-ditch mold-already-made situation.
Supposedly if you've used a sulphur based clay you can burn out the sulphur in the oven then seal it but that's a last-ditch mold-already-made situation.
Sunday, 18 July 2010 23:54